Dustin Clare

Dustin Clare
Born	1982
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Dustin Clare is a Logie Award winning Australian actor.

Biography

Dustin grew up in Australia. He is originally from country and north coast NSW, but studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He graduated in 2004 with a degree in dramatic arts. He is also an ambassador for the 2011 Warrambeen Film Festival in his home country of Australia. He is of Scottish and Irish stock.

Dustin is also an Ambassador for the White Ribbon Foundation, promoting an end to violence against women.

Career

Dustin starred as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.

In 2009 he played Sydney hitman and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and also as Sean in the Showtime Network series Satisfaction. Dustin Clare stars as Gannicus, the champion gladiator in the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. This is the prequel to the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and is reprising his role as Gannicus in the sequel season to Spartacus: Blood and Sand entitled Spartacus: Vengeance which is currently in production.

Personal life

He is dating New Zealand actress Camille Keenan.^[1]

Filmography

Film and television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Spartacus: Vengeance	Gannicus	TV Series (season 2) (in production)
2011	The Eye of the Storm	Col	Film
2011	Spartacus: Gods of the Arena	Gannicus	TV mini-series
2010	Kanowna	Trooper Brown	Film (short) also associate producer
2010	Happenstance	Ex Boyfriend	Film (short)
2008–2010	Satisfaction	Sean (Mel's brother)	TV Series
2009	Early Checkout [2]	Dan	Film (short) also writer and producer
2009	Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities	Christopher Dale Flannery	TV Series (8 episodes-season 2)
2008	Cane Cutter	Roo	Film (short) also director, writer, and producer.
2006–2007	McLeod's Daughters	Riley Ward	TV Series, won the Sliver Logie award for "Most Popular New Male Talent" in 2007.
2007	Air Australia	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith	TV mini-series
2006	Iron Bird	Jonathan Paul Harmer JP	Film (short)
2005	Headland	Gareth Williams	TV episodes: #1.2 and #1.3
2005	All Saints	Rick Fallon	TV episode: "New Beginnings"
2004	Going Down in Flames	Donny	Film
2003	Brothers	Ethan	Film (short)

Awards

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paul O'Brien for Home and Away	Logie award Most Popular New Male Talent 2007 – 2008 for McLeod's Daughters	Succeeded by Lincoln Lewis for Home and Away

References

1. ^ "Kiwi Keenan's keen on Rafters". The West Australian. Seven West Media. 27 Sep 2011. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/10348407/kiwi-keenans-keen-on-rafters/. Retrieved 29 Sep 2011. 
2. ^ Early Checkout

External links

• Dustin Clare at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Clare, Dustin
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Date of birth	1982
Place of birth	Australia
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